The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-20 00:00:00

Experiml 'ness. On Friday the la st but one of the most important and valuable series of experiments which have been conducted at this practice-ground by the members of the Iron-plate Committee was made, in the pre sence of one of the largest assemblages of naval and military officers and scientific gentlemen that have ever yet attended the trial of any target. Among others present were Lord Mountcharles, Lord Dufferin, Lord Torrington, General Sir Harry Jones, Mr. Thomas Page, C.E., Mr. W. Fairbairn, Admiral Sir Charles Talbot, Captain Heath, R.N., Captain Derriman, R.N., the Hon. Captain Eger ton, R.N., Admiral Halstead, Captain Caffin, R.N., Colonel Lefroy, Sir J. D. Hay, R.N., Commander Hugh Burgoyne, the Hon. Colonel Wrottesley, Commander Scott, Sir William Armstrong, Mr. P. Rolt, Mr. Whitworth, Admiral Frederick, Admiral Robinson, Admiral Grey, Admiral Drummond, Colonel Jervis, Major Alderson, Capt. W. Palliser, Captain Fowke, Colonel Hogg, Captain Key, R.N., Colonel Galwey, Colonel Baynes, Mr. E. J. Reed, Naval Constructor ; Captain Harrison, Professor Pole, Colonel Henderson, the Hon. Mr. St. Maur, Mr. Reed, R.N., Mr. Bascombe, Major-General Taylor, General Rumley, Captain Dyer, gee.. The target, which was 20ft. by 9ft., was cone strutted after the pattern of the Lord Warden, which is building at Chatham, and represented the ordinary broadside of a wooden ship armour-plated, with the addition of an iron skin outside the frame timbers. These frame timbers were of Eng. lish oak 123 in. thick, strengthened by connecting diagonal iron riders or bands 6in, wide by 1 yin. thick. Outside this tame the inner planking, Bi n, thick, and then a complete casing of wrought iron, lfin. thick. Outside this casing again was Din. of oak, which was again protected by ro ll ed armour plates, 44in. thick by 201 t, long and 4ft. wide. Thus the total thickness of the target or, as we may call it, the L or d W arden, on the model of which ship the target was built was 35fin., of which 6in, were iron and 29 in. oak. In addi tion to this mass there were four oak deck beams averaging 15io. by 15in. square, and a massive iron knee to each beam weighing nearly 4cwt. The armour-plate bolts were 21-in. in diameter, and the beams which represented the upper and lower deck, and which were 4in. thick, and laid longitudinally along the back of the target, gave additional stiff ness to the whole. In theory it was supposed that the inner plate of llin. thick coming between the masses of oak inside the 4fin. armour-plate would be sufficient to keep out any shot—a theory which proved totally groundless when it came to be tested by the downright matter of fact arguments of steel sleet from the heaviest battery which has ever been directed against a target at Shoeburyness. There were six guns in position opposite the target, all made on Sir William's coil principle, and rifled on his shunt plan, which threw steel shot from 100 lb, to 3001 b. weight, and were fired with charges vary ing from 2511 e. to 501 b. of powder. As the results are what principally interest the public on these occasions, it is needless to go through a loug detail of every shot fired. It will be sufficient to say that every shot went completely through the outside armour-plate, and made its effects more or less seriously manifest on the interior backing. This is what the least effective of the missiles accomplished, and proved at once that 4f in, of outside armour have no manner of chance against even 100-pounders loaded with steel shot. The result with these shunt guns and steel pro jectiles was at least 21)0 per cent. greater than was ever effected about a year ego with Sir Wil liam's breech-loader and the conical-headed cast iron shot. Admiral Frederick's light 7-inch gun did a great deal more than could have been ex- pected, but the performances of all were, as a matter of course, eclipsed by the heavy 9.22. inch gun of Sir William, loaded with 44'-b. of ' powder, and a 2201 b. steel shot. This gun was in tended for a 300-pounder, but instead of being bored out to 10-lin., was only of the calibre we have stated, leaving the increased thickness of metal to enable the piece to withstand almost any charge of powder or shot. This tremendous steel bolt struck the target with a velocity of 1,450 ft. a second, and not only went clear through, but went on through part of the bank beyond and fell nearly a mile out to sea. The ruin which it made at the back of the target was complete. At the part it struck huge ragged splinters were scattered far and wide, and one of the massive iron knees was broken off and whirled away some 30 yards to the back, striking a block of granite in its passage, and shivering a crowd of little fragments out of it. What such a " knee " would have done traversing the crowded 'tween deck of a man of-war it is almost fearful to contem plate, and the amount of heavy rough splinters thrown about showed at once that Mr Reed has mode a serious mistake in not having an inner lining of wrought iron to keep these murderous auxiliaries from assisting the work of the enemy's shot. The Somerset 9.22-inch gun, which only weighs 6f tons, was intended for a smooth-bore spherical 100- pounder, but the piece tried on Friday was rifled, and thus improved it may be said to have accom plished great things, if we leave out of sight the fact that it is more than four years ago since Mr Whitworth sent his 70-pounder shot through the 4-inch armour of the Trusty. This Somerset gun, loaded with a steel shell of 170ib., with a bursting charge of 71b. of powder, and fired with 201 b. charge, went through both outer and inner plates and the intervening oak, where it burst, and so shattered the interior backlog of all as to make it evident that all the pumping resources of a steam frigate could scarcely keep down such a leak, and that two would settle the question of her flotation in ten minutes. It failed, however, to get right through the target, though the partial hole which it made soon afterwards afforded a striking illustra tion of the importance of getting a shelf through the armour of these iron -clads. Another 170 lb, steel shell, with a 71b. bursting charge, was fired, and struck the hole made by the previous shell we th o el;a i k ate . This have just mentioned as establishi ng second shell passed through the arraur and lodged in the oak firmly, bursting and blowi ng i ts charge forward like a gun. It Is difficult to de. scribe accurately the tremendous destruction which'' this small charge produced. It shattered the h ac k of the target to splinters, drove one of the armour bolts deep into the beam supporting the target, wrenched off and blew away to some distance one of the massive knees, and covered the ground fur and near with fragments of the oak, each heavy enough and hurled with sufficient force to have cut a man in two. Anything more terrible than the cffect'of such a sholl on the crew of a ship it would be difficult to conceive, and it was a pity that the Lords of the Admiralty (who generally contrive to leave the practice-ground before the weakness of their ships is incontestably demonstrated) had not remained to behold the total destruction which this shell caused. Another shot fired from Sir William's 101-inch 300-pounder, with a 451 b. charge, we nt through the lower part of the target, which was Comparatively uninjured, with the same ease and destructive effect that the previous 220,b, shot had passed through the upper. Some experiments were also tried with the chilled casteiron shot, cast on Capt. W. Palliser's principle, the results of which were equally sur prising and important. Hitherto the effect pro duced by firing against armour plates with cast-' iron shot his been almost absolutely nothing ; in fact, to use the Duke of Somerset's expression in a recent debate, it has been like pelting the targets with mud. Daring the last t wo or three years, however, Captain Palliser, of the 18th Hussars, has conducted, at his own expense, a series of most important experiments on casting shot in cold iron mould instead of hot sand ones, by which, w i t h out adding a fraction to the cost of casting, but, on the contrary, reducing it by about ld. per shot, h e chills the outside of the metal into the hardness of steel, and obtains with a cast projectile which ew e about 2s. a result almost equal to that of a steel shot which costs 50e. The shot tried on Friday were only 100 pounders from the Frederick gun with a 201 b charge, but in every case they went clear through the 41in, armour plate and deep into the backing beyond. One of the peculiarities of Captain Palliser's most valuable discovery is that after accomplishing its work through the armour plate .his shot breaks up ittto minute fragments of from four to eight ounces weight, so that in fact the projectile carries in itself almost the penetra tive powers of steel shot, and the explosive frag ments of the most powerful shell. No opportunity was afforded on Friday of judging the effect which these fragments would produce, as Capt. Palliser had not shot large enough for the guns which could have sent them tnrough the 35in. of mixed oak anl iron that composed the target. But not the slightest doubt appeared to remain in the minds of thosepre sent that if a sufficiently large projectile was used it would pierce the target, and its breaking up prove as advantageous, in point of destructiveness, as the largest shell. Of all the discoveries which Shoeburyness has brought forward few promise to be more valuable to the country than this of the chilled shot of Captain Palliser, and it is to be hoped that their utility will soon be tried on a more extended scale than was possible on Fri day. We may also add that Capt. Palliser has, by the simple process of lining our cast-iron guns with wrought-iron coils, discovered a means of rendering our old cast ordnance available as rifled cannon. This plan has been tried at Woolwich and found to answer even beyond the hopes of its inventor, and the acres of guns now lying at the Arsenal and our various dockyards can soon, and at small expense, be converted into rifled ordnance on any pattern which the result of the Whitworth and Armstrong trials may induce the Government to adopt. Too high praise can scarcely be given to the exertions of a young cavalry officer, who, conducting expe• riments at his own expense, has now brought for ward results which, in the matter of cast shot and rifling our cast guns, will effect a saving of millions to the country. After these experiments the target was in such a state of ruin that there was no place left sufficiently sound on which to try the effect of another pro jectile. The general plan of the target was not considered very satisfactory. The outside 41in. armour plate and the ltin. plate between the oak gives a weight of six inches of armour to be carried by the ship, but dividing the plates in the manner we have stated gives very little more than half the resisting power which would be afforded by six inches of iron rolled into one plate. The want of iron lining to check the splintering of the target seems also to be considered a grave defect. Had the outer armour plate been 51 inches instead of 4f, and had the other half inch been used as a lining to the oak inside, very different results would have been gained as to the resistance of the mass, and the splinters would have been done away with almost entirely. The armour plates, which were manufac tured by the Millwall Company, deservedly attracted the highest praise. Though pierced in all directions there was not the slightest sign of a crack to be found in any part. Better plates have seldom been seen at Shoebury. AMERICA. The special correspondent of the New York Times with the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac writes from Cold Harbour, near the Chickahominy, Friday, Jane 3, 10 p.m. : " Judged by the severity of the encounter and the heavy losses we have experienced, the engagement which opened at grey dawn this morning, and spent its fury in little over an hour, should take its place among the battles of the war ; but viewed in its relations to the whole campaign—it is, per haps, hardly more than a grand reconnaissance—a reconnaissance, however, which has cost us not less than 5,000 or 6,000 killed and wounded. The ob ject of the action was to force the paesage of the Chickahominy, on the north side of which and cover ing the roads to Richmond the rebels had planted themselves in a fortified line. What we have done is to feel this line by a vigorous attack, in which, though gaining some temporary successes, and at one or two points actually carrying the enemy's works, we have, on the whole, reached the conclu sion that any victory that could here be won must cost too much in its purchase. Ido not say this as speaking with any authority, but only as recording the general conviction of the army. Such convic tion, however, when the common judgment of such men as have to-day led their lines against the enemy, is apt to be of it se lf au th or i ty, and hence I think I may safely predict that there will he no renewal of the assault on the lines of the Chicka hominy ; that we must lock to the resources of strategy to plant this army in a position where, being at less of a disadvantage, its valour will have a better promise of adequate reward. It is in this view that the action of to-dey assumes to me the aspect of a great reconnaissance. But it might easily have been more, Were prudence not as much a characteristic of Lieutenant-General Grant's mind as pluck, did he not know as well how and when to cry a halt as to order an advance, he might have pushed the action from a reconnaissance to a bloody battle ; but to me it is clear we should have had only another Fredericksburg mid its useless slaughter. General Grant is not so poor in resource that he need do this; and I think already his eyes are turned away from the Chickahominy to lines and combinations more bold than any yet essayed.' After a lengthened view of the situation which led up to the battle on Friday, he goes on to describe the event thus ; "In saddle at 4 o'clock in the morning, the grey light of dawn is struggling through a thick envelope of clouds, and a light pattering rain is falling. Our men still lie behind the breastworks, worn out with the work of the night ; the rebe,s, too, lie behind their intrenchments, and only the sleepless pickets peer with wary eyes forward through the dusk of the woods. All is still as the grave; yet in 30 minutes the storm of battle will burst forth along a stretch of six miles. There is but time to take a glance at the lines. :?ere on the left wing of the army is the corps of Hancock (the 2d), connecting with him on the right and forming the left centre, is Wright's (the 6th); then Smith's (the 18th), which holds the centre; next comes Warren's (the sth), which forms the right centre, and then Burnside's (the 9th), which holds the extreme right. Our line runs almost parallel with the Chickahominy and from one and a half to two and a half miles north of it. On the left wing we approach nearest the river; on the right we are somewhat refused. Hancock, holding the left wing, rests across the Despatch Station road (that is, the road leading from Cold Harbour to Des patch Station) ; our right is across the Totopamoy. The rebel front is formed immediately in front of the an d a skirmish Chickahominyin three li nes ( two l i nes of battle irnaiaa line), on au irregular line to conform with the woods and ridges and swamps of the ground. Between the two armies is a low swampy region whose dark hollows will soon be lit up with the fires of death. S uddenly from behind the rude parapet there is an up s t arting, ringing a noiseless s of officers forming to arms, the mused com mands p the line. The attack was o rdered f or 4 30 and it may have been five m in utes afte r t h at, or, it may have been ten minaea, but it certainly was not later than 4 45, when the whole lin e Wad in motion. Skirmishers a re thrown out and presently meet the enemy's pickets as we learn by the s mart fusilade we hear. O ur art ill er y o pens, the reb e l s respond, and in a moment the deadly conflict is joined. The metaphysicians say that time is naught,is but a cate gory of thought, and I think it must be so, for into ten mortal minutes this morning was crowded an ag e of action. Ten minutes of the figment men call time, and yet that scant space decided a battle ! There are a thousand details, ten thousand episodes, but the essential matter is this, that that first rush of advance carried our whole front butt up against the line of works, which we were unable to break through, or, breaking through, were unable to bold. Conceive of this in the large —the fierce onslaught amid deafening volleys of musketry and the thunder of artillery, and the wild, mad yell of battle, and see the ranks mowed down, and the lines break here and there, and the sullen, obstinate retreat, every inch contested, and we shall then be able to descend to some of the points of action as they individualise themselves along the line. Hancock held the left of the whole line of battle ; and of his three divisions, that of Barlow held the extreme left of the army, that of Gibbon was drawn on the right of Barlow's, while Birney's divisors was held in reserve. Of the tour brigades of BArlow's division, Brooks had the left and Miles the - ight— each brigade in double Union Railway ME SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1864. line of battle. Smith, commanding the Irish Bri gade, was placed in support. The left was protected by refusing it, the third brigade being disposed so as to cover that flank. The formation of Gibbon's division on the right of Barlow was similar. Tyler's brigade (heavy artillery) holding the right, Smith's the centre, and Owen's the left—Mliean in rear of Tyler's centre, in two lines. On Hancock'e line there were but few places where artillery could be used with effect. Barlow had directed that his attacking brigades should, previously to the assault, be moved out, and formed just in rear of the picket line. From this point they advanced for half a mile through woods and over open intervals under severe square up to the enemy's works. That por tion of his front where the right of Miles's brigade joined with the left of Brooks's—the same brigades that so brilliantly carried the famous salient in the lines of Spottsylvania—succeed in a similar splendid coup here; they got over and into the enemy's parapet, capturing his guns (four light 12- pounders), his colours, and 500 or 600 prisoners, about 300 of whom were seeured by promptly pass ing them to the rear. The storming column, in fact, were just turning the enemy's guns on the retreat ing rebels, when powerful reinforcements from the second rebel line appeared advancing. The first rebel line was held by Breckinridge's troops and was carried, but Lee is too good a General to leave a point so important thus weakly defended. B reek inridge's men were placed in the tore front to re ceive the baptism of fire, but behind these lay the veterans of Hill's corps, and it is these we now see dashing forward to retrieve the honours we had snatched. Barlow's brigades —stout hearts not used to pale before the greatest odds—could have held their own under conditions the least short of desperation, but the situation in which they now found themselves overleaped its limits. It was not merely the overwhelming front that came pressing down upon them, of that they had no fear, but the position they had gained placed them in advance of the whole line of battle, and gave the rebel artillery the opportunity for a deadly enfilad ing fire. Besides this, they had lost the directing heads of two of the chief commanders. Brooks and Byrnes, souls of courage all compact,' fell mortally wounded, and all the organizations had suffered fearfully from an unparalleled loss of officers. In this state of facts they fell back, bringing with them the prisoners they had taken, and a captured:colour, but not the guns. They fell back, but not to their original position ; to a position far in advance of that they had held, and at different points not more than 50 yards from the enemy. Here they intrenched, and here I leave them to pass on to Gibbon's division of the same corps on the right, and which was en gaged at the same time. Gibbon's advance was si multaneous with Barlow 'B,.but in moving forward he came upon one of the swamps of the Chickahominy which had to be turned or overpassed, in the process of which it became very difficult to establish the connection between different parts of his line. This overcome, however, his troops pressed forward with the same vigour that marked the conduct of their companion division on the left. Parts of the bri gades of Tyler and Owen gained the rebel works, but for reasons identical with those that forced back Barlow's troops they also were compelled to give up what they had won. Gibbon's division, too, lost very heavily. Gen. Tyler, before reaching the works, was carried off zhe field, shot in the ancle. Oae of his regimental commanders, Colonel Porter, of the Eighth New York Heavy Artillery, was killed ; im mediately after, Lieut.-Colonel Bates fell dead. An other of his regimental commanders, Col. M'Mahon of the 164th New York, was struck while planting his colours on the rebel works, and was left a prisoner in the enemy's hands, his troops not supporting him after he was wounded. Owen's brigade lost two entire companies taken prisoners inside of the enemy's intrenchments. In giving way, Gibbon's division also was fir from losing all the ground it had gained, It took an advanced position close to the enemy, and just over the crest, the rearward sloye of which was held by the rebels. This position it has retained during the day, and M'Kean's brigade has held all day a position within 15 yards of the enemy's works. Not until the splendid attack of Hancock's corps had been made, not till after its blood-bought victory had been wrested from our hands, was he or any men in this army aware of the supreme importance of the position this morning carried and lost. The kcy.p)int of the battle of Gaines' Mills, two years ago, it is strange and morti fying that no one should have appreciated its value. This position is a bald hill, named Watts'-hill, dominating the whole battle ground, and covering the angle of the Despatch-road. Along this ridge the rebel works formed a salient, and in front of it was a sunken road. Of this road Hancock got pos session, and the brigades of Miles and Brooks ac tuslly struck and carried the work directly on the salient ! Had we he'd this point, we would have had a position whence the entire rebel line might have been enfiladed ; and I think it is net too much to say that the day would have been ours, and Lee pushed across the Chickahominy. Had we even known in advance its commanding importance very different dispositions for attack would have been made ; we would have massed on the left, and made the victory a certainty. These considerations certainly inspire bitter regrets; but who does not know that it is on such contingencies that the fate of battles often hangs ? Simultaneously with the attack of the Second Corps, the Sixth, under Wright, connecting on the left with Hancock, made a general advance at a quarter before 5 o'clock— each division assaulting on the entire line. Of this corps, the Second Division (M'Neill) held the right, the Third Division (Rickets) the centre, and the First Division (Russell) the left. Five batteries under charge of the Chief of the Artillery of the Second Corps. Colonel Tompkins —namely, Adams' First Rhode Island Battery, Cowan's First New York (Independent), Hahn's Third New York (In dependent), M'Curtin's First Massachusetts, and Rhode's First Rhode Island were planted in good positions and did effective service in covering the advance. The assault of the Sixth Corps was made with the utmost vigour, and succeeded in carrying the first line of rebel rifle pits along its entire front, and got up within 250 yards of the main works. Smith's corps, connecting on the right with the Sixth, had advanced in conjunction with it; but the left division, that of Martindale, who led the attack in heavy, deep columns, got disarranged, and was repulsed. General Smith made three different attacks to relieve Martindale, but his last supports did not get up in time to allow him to hold on. The effect of this repulse on the left of Smith had a disastrous effect on the position of Wright. It uncovered the right flank of the 6th and exposed Rickett's division, which was stoutly holding the advanced position, to a savage fire on the prolongation of its line. In this state of facts to retain possession of a position somewhat in ad vance of his point of starting was the utmost Gen. Wright could possibly do. Operations along the fronts of Warren and Burnside were of on impor tance quite subordinate to that of operations on the left. No results were achieved except the carrying of the line of rifle-pits occupied by the rebel skir mishers. The Fifth and Ninth Corps nowhere struck the enemy's main work. Burnside kept up a furious cannonade for some hours, but it was nothing —vox et preterea nihil. From the tenor of one of Burnside's morning de spatches it was at one time hoped that he would b© able to turn the enemy's left, but this hope also was doomed to disappointment." [ADvxlrnsxxx/rr.]—Consunaption, all nervous, bili ous and stom ach complaints, i n every stage, are only ag gravates and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by D u Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had b een considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914. 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Barry du Barry and CJ., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and nason; and all grocers and chemists in every town of the United Kingdom The Late General Dembinski. Tho funeral obsequies of a man who probably was one of the best specimens of the Polish ratriot and soldier since the time of Kosciusko, says the Paris correspondent of the Times, took place oa Wednesday afternoon in the church of Notre Dame des Champs. Henri Deminski was born 80 years ago in the palatinate of Cracow. His tather was De puty to the Diet of Poland, and was one of the most ardent supporters of the independence cf his country. Dembinski received his military education in the Military Schools of Vienna, and on completing his studies was offered a com mission in ,the Austrian service. He declined it, and joined as a private volunteer the ranks of the national army of the grand duchy of Warsaw, and subsequently entered the Polish Legion in the service of France. He went through the campaign of 1812, and received his captain's commission and the Cross of the Legion of Honour from Napoleon after the battle of Smolensko. He was present at Leipsic, where he greatly distinguished himself. On the fall of the Empire he returned to Poland, baffled like so many others of his countrymen, in his hopes of the recon stitution of Poland as an independent State by the man whom they had faithfully served, He was elected member of the Diet in 1825. When the Revolution of 1830 broke out Dembinski was named Colonel of the regiment which he had raised in the palatinate of Cracow, and on his ar rival at Warsaw with his men was promoted by the Gene ral-in-Chief, Skrzyneck, whose-aide-de-camp he had been when in the service of France, to the command of a bri gade of Lancers, at the head of which he greatly distin guished himself. His conduct in the affair of Ostrolenska, the combat of Raygrod, and the successful retreat of Kurs zawy (July 1831), procured for him the rank of General of Division. On his return to Warsaw, after 26 days' con stant movement, during which he marched 300 leagues, baffling when he did not beat his enemy, he was received by the population with the greatest enthusiasm, and the Chambers unanimously voted that Dembinski and his army had deserved well of the country. He was soon after named to the com mand-in-chief of the national army. With a view to put a stop to the dissensions which had broken out among the Poles, caused by their own rivalries, and fomented by Russian agency, he aimed at a military dictatorship—but his attempt failed—he lost his popularity, and tell from power. When Warsaw surrendered Dem binski took refuge in Prussia with the remnant of Rylinskes corps, but in conseqnence of the remonstrances of Prince Paskiewitch, he was soon forced to quit the country. He retired to Dresden, and finally took up his abode in France, where he published an account of the campaign in Lithu ania. In 1833 he set out for Egypt, and took service with Mehemet Ali. In 1835 he returned to Paris, and published a work in the Polish language on the state and prospects of his native country. The revolution of February caused him once more to leave France; he went to Breslau and Prague, and was present at the Congress of the Slave patriots held in those cities. He proceeded to Hungary, and offered his services to the Maygar Government, then menaced by the army of Windischgrata. He was appointed by Kossuth to the command-in-chief of the insurrectionary army, aad drew up a plan of campaign, but did not succeed in obtaining the adhesion of Georgey, whose tardiness in joining him occasioned the loss of the battle of Kapolna on the 28th of February, 1849. Forced to retreat behind the Theiss, he resigned his powers, which were transferred to Georgey. He stayed two months at Debreczin, aiding by his counsels the Magyar Government, which had definitively broken with Austria. He earnestly advocated the neces sity of uniting the cause of Hungary to that of Poland, and urged an expedition to Galicia. His plan being rejected, he refused to take the command of the army of the north, but at the approach of the Russians accepted the post of Quartermaster-General, under Messaros,who had succeeded Georgey in the command of the army in July, 1849, The army retreated on Szegedin, where the Government was then installed. An engagement took place at Szdreg on the sth of August, in which he was defeated. He at once marched on Temesvar, and in front of that city fought his last and unsuccessful battle with the Austro- Russian army. The retirment of Kossuth from the Dicta torship and the capitulations concluded by Georgey at Vela gos on the 13th of August put an end to the struggle, which indeed had long become hopeless. Dembinski, with other chiefs, sought refuge on the Turkish territory, reached Widden, then Shurula, and finally was claimed by the French Embassy at Constantinople as a naturalised French man, He returned to France, and in 1850 fixed his abode in Paris, where he remained till the day of his death. He is said to have occupied the last sight years of his life in writing a history of the war in Hungary. Dembinski was a sincere and disinterested patriot, but kept apart to the last from the democratic revolutionists, with whom he never had the slightest sympathy. He was greatly respected, and is regretted by all who had the advantage of knowing him. gow on Tuesday to coneider the Gimpy. . Bill, Sir A. Orr in the chair, Mr IVAIN*RiGiii, the secretary, hating read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN explained that the directors highly ap proved the measure, which they considered very important to the company. The directors had made very satisfactory arrangements for station accommodation and for working over the proposed line, which would establish a communi cation between the railways on the north and south of the Clyde. The company's present station in Glasgow was very incomplete and inadequate for their increasing traffic; but by the proposed scheme they would get into a very ad mirable central station in one of the best places in Glasgow. The Glasgow Union Railway when constructed would be of immense benefit to the city of Glasgow and to the rail ways having their termini in it, both on the north and south of the Clyde. He concluded by moving a formal resolution approving the Bill. Mr 3. LUMSDEN seconded the motion. Mr W. AULD objected to subscribing £250,000 towards the undertaking, but after a very long discussion and ex planations by the cnairman in favour of the measure the resolution approving the Bill was adopted. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, THE " MORNING POST" ON THE CONFERENCE.— On Saturday the Conference again met, and, after a sitting of nearly four hours, separated without having arrived at any positive result. Indeed, so far as we can ascertain, the resumption of hostilities on the 26th may be considerel at this moment quite as probable as it was before the meeting. A pro posal was made to submit the question of the frontier line to arbitration ; and we believe it met with the same success that has hitherto attended other sug gestions--it was referred to the belligerent Govern ments, by whom there seems little prospect of its being entertained. Our readers will not fail to observe that the mere fact of this proposal having been made is a virtual departure from that of a boundary line of the Sehlei and Dannewerke, as submitted by England on the 28th of May, and accepted by the other neutrals, and by Denmark itself. The German Plenipotentiaries at the meet ing on Saturday threatened to have recourse to privateering against Denmark if the blockade should be renewed on the expected recommencement of hostilities. The feeling appears to become more embittered at each succeeding assembly of the Congress. "'TIE OBSERVER" ON THE CONFERENCE.—The London Conference has given rise to hot and cold fits on the part of the susceptible public—alternate days of hope and of despair. In spite of all the desperate aspirations of irresponsible writers and speakers after war, the party of peace is still the must numerous. The friends of peace are by no means confined to the Stock Markets and counting houses of Europe, The clamourers for a more " spirited" coarse of foreign policy have always the best of the declamation ; but the friends of calmand prudential actio❑ are likely to last the longest, and to get the best of the argument in the end. When it was found the Conference was put off from Thurs day to Saturday all sorts of alarming and suspicious reasons were given for the delay, although some— perhaps more sagacious —argued that the delay was arranged to give a better chance of coming to a pre liminary agreement. The thermometer fell lower and lower when it was given out that the Conference would not meet on Saturday. It was even said to have been put off indefinitely. Most of the papers in Paris, and some in London, continued up to yes terday morning to assert that the meeting was again postponed. The Stock Exchange was, therefore, reassured when it was known that the Conference met at the appointed hour of one o'clock yesterday, and that it was attended by all the members accre dited from the several courts. There seems to be some ground for this favourable view, for it would appear as if the delay had been turned to good ac count, and that the Conference had really been reassembled for the despatch of business. We are glad to be able to raise higher the hopes of those who are inclined to draw this not unnatural or strained inference when we inform them that the sitting of the Conference was unusually long. They met at one o'clock, and did not break up till nearly six in the afternoon, about the same time that the Cabinet rose, which had assembled at three o'clock. The Conference is summoned to meet again on Wed nesday, at three o'clock. From all these circum stances it is not difficult to infer that some arrange. went is likely to be arrived at in.spite of the mis givings of those who, for reasons sufficiently ob vious, desired a contrary conclusion. There were wanting persons who predicted the breaking off of the negotiations, and busied themselves rather pre maturely ig discussing the consequences of the re newal of hostilities. It is not improbable that some of these consequences may have had their effect in producing, at all events, a more grave considers. lion of the means for bringing about the settle ment o' these troublesome questions, and witndraw iug from the market the difficulties that have hung over the whole condition of Europe for so long a period. " THE STANDARD" ON TIIE CONFERENCE.—The Conferences of London are virtually at an end. The war will be resumed next Monday. The plenipotentiaries met on Saturday only to prove that there was no possibility of their coming to an agreement, and they meet on Wednesday only to sot their hands to a formal certificate of that impossibility. We understand that Earl Russell, abandoning, as we intimated that he would do, his own frontier line, proposed that the division should be left to arbitration ; that this proposal was rejected most decisively by both the Danish and German plenipotentiaries, the Germans insisting upon the line from Apenrade to Tondern, the Danes adhering to tnat by , the Schlei and the Dannewerke. The English proposal was, indeed, taken ad referendum, but all parties declared their certain conviction that their respective Governments would not entertain it for a moment. The significance of the sitting of Saturday does not, however, con sist so much in the rejection of this absurd scheme of the English Government as in the general tone of the discussio❑ and the nature of the pretensions raised in it. We are informed that the German representatives, in compliance, of course, with thei r instructions, adopted a most arrogant and over bearing manner, as well towards England as Den mark, and that the deliberations, which were pro tracted over five hours, ought rather to be termed recriminations. THE " SATURDAY REVIEW" ON THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT.—The weakness of the Go vernment is so apparent, and produces so much con fusion in the transaction of the ordinary business of Parliament, that the Opposition naturally asks with eagerness whether the time is not come to make a great effort for place and power. There can be no doubt that the country is suffering from the inability of the Government to devise and carry out a definite policy. It is not only that a cloud rests over all our foreign relations, and that we spend week after week of uncertainty whether war may not end the negotiations on which we have wasted so many well-meant endeavours for half a year, but there is nothing done at home. The Go vernment cannot carry any measures of its own, i: cannot secure the Success of the independent mem bers whom it supports, and it cannot shape the course and economise the time of Parliament so as to afford a proper opportunity for the passing of measures of local importance. It is only the per sonal reputation of the Cabinet, and a sense that it has done some things well in former sessions, that saves the Government from sinking into a position like that which was held by the Melbourne Ministry in the last years of its existence. Lord Palmerston has not quite reached that level of humiliation at which the head of the Government is treated with a patronising contempt by the head of the Opposition. But this is principally because he isLord Palmerston, and because his chief opponent is, not Sir R. Peel, but Mr Disraeli. In every step the Ministry takes, in its whole attitude to the country and the House, there is felt the want of a strong and a guiding hand. Lord Palmerston has piped much experience; he is more moderate and farsighted than he was 20 years ago; but it is impossible to believe that the Danish business would be in the state in which it is now if the diplomatists of Europe had had to do with the Palmerston of 1841. But a country cannot for ever retain its statesmen in the prime of their days, and the nation has shown beyond question that it thinks the quali ties which the Premier has certainly gained more than compensation for those which he may possibly have lost. England is the most faithful of all nations to its political favourites, and when it has once given its esteem and confidence it is very slow to with draw them. It would be very untrue to say that the country is tired of Lord Palmerston, or wishes to get rid of him. But there is a general feeling that the position which Lord Palmerston now holds is not the proper position for him, nor one that be comes his reputation or is on a level with the expec tations of his countrymen. It was hoped that, whatever other shortcomings he might display, he would at least b e f ree f rom t h e i n d ec i s i on w hich leav,..s the Country an d th e H ouse o f C ommons with out the rul er th at b ot h need. Long suffering theas England is, an d stea df ast i n i ts adm i rat i on o men it once r a i ses to em i nence, i t cannot b e expected that Lord P a l merston could go throug h another ected Session like th e p resen t an d nut t h row so mething of a shadow over the brightness of his fame. THE " SPECTATOR" ON THE OrroSITION.—AII through the week there have been rumours of coming disasters, and that dissonant gong the Herald has b een s t ruc k to a jangling note of triumph, and in all clubs every body with a '° Whenever promise of something to be given we come in"has ia beenthat aevxoutletaanathdaenindhiaiymstei nrifstite 8. Now e 4-17 report, gis he proposed, then th ere i s a word oritatil Ind te e aui d u ll i n j ondi t s " t i vntly in I .:lnur of Denmark, and and anon Mr. Disraeli has an idea twee' the Napo leonic Congress was a magnificent thought. It has all come to nothing. Upon the great question of the hour, the defence of a little Power against dis memberment by two great Powers, the Tory leaders have no policy to propose. They and their chief assert very boldly that all that has been done is merely " meddle and muddle," but they neither propose to leave off meddling nor allow us any clear certainty that had they bees in power the muddling would have been avoided, They know perfectly well that if Louis Napoleon will go forward so will the Whig Foreign Secretary, and as that is pre cisely their own idea they have nothing to say, ex cept that the Emperor might with a little tact have been kept in better temper. That assertion may be a sound political criticism, but it is not precisely a policy, and what more definite course has Lord Derby yet ventured to suggest? Apart from this great question there is nothing afoot which can heal the schism permanently produced by the pre sence of Mr. Disraeli. If Lord Derby asks his fol lowers to vote simply that they have no confidence in Lord Palmerston, fifty of them retort that they have less in the astute member for Bucks. Yet the Tory chief cannot, even if inclined, throw his lieu• tenant over, and without these fifty his majority is very far from assured. The old sore is unhealed as ever, and there is no healing it, and so the Ministry stumbles on, doing as little as possible, and the Op position follows after, criticising as much as is pos sible without incurring the risk of action, and the nation watches and begins to doubt whether prin ciple is, after all, at the bottom of the struggle for office, as it has always been told. The Tories may come in any day by virtue of an accidental majority, a victory they could not decline, or a rumour they could not refuse to hear; but for a planned and final assault the Opposi tion, numerically strong as it may be, allows itself still too weak. Of course in such a condition of affairs the influence of England abroad is for the moment gone. Her Government is only strong when a distinct line of action meets with the approval of Parliament, and at present the evil of the weakness of the Opposition is that neither approval nor disap proval can be made manifest. The leaders are afraid to demand a distinct verdict, and Parliament there. fore remains conscious of nothing except an indis tinct dislike to all that is going on,—to seeing Denmark dismembered, to hearing Heir von Bis mark exult, to any line of conduct which might prevent either of those annoyances. The Ministry hunts for middle paths, suggests lines of partition just north of the Dannewerke, tries to believe in universal suffrage, or asks whether arbitration may not do, and the Opposition, liking none of those things, is still afraid to oppose any. A vote of want of confidence distinctly rejected would deprive their accidental victories of all value, and they cannot risk the battle except on some point on which the schism in their own ranks will be unfelt. Conse quently they wait on, and the Ministry unopposed at home becomes more and more powerless abroad, till it seems almost certain that Conference will rise with nothing determined, and a campaign recom mence which must either develop into a conquest or a European war; but which will in either case leave on us the stain of inability to protect an ally on whose behalf we had threatened the only Power bound by permanent interests to ourselves. THE "EXAMINER" ON THE YELVERTON CASE. —The facts (to the common-place mind) would warrant the supposition that Mrs. Teresa Yelverton went, as she affirms, to Edinburgh with the fair hope and expectation of her betrothal ending in marriage. She took with her an elderly lady, and a young lady even younger than herself, as companions, and she proceeded to occupy with these friends a small apartment, all the rooms of which communi cated. She did not receive Maj. Yelverton in the even ings ; she did not receive him alone in the daytime. Her conduct was perfectly consistent with the idea that she was (as the landlady assumed) receiving decently and with propriety a respectable suitor, a gentleman and her equal. If she had desired, as suggested (nay, insisted on) by Major Yelverton's counsel, to come to Edinburgh merely to cohabit with him, what on earth was to prevent her from taking a lodging or apartments in that city or the suburbs, without occupants ? Why encumber her self voluntarily with witnesses of her irregular and vicious course of life ? Why have ladies to stay with her arid embarrass her communications with her lover? Why not merely one of those small "fiats," as they are called in the modern Athens, where a drawing-room and bedroom, or three small rooms, often constitute the whole allotment of space, utterly divided by the staircase from the higher and lower flats? There no one could have pre vented her receiving whom she pleased for as many hours as she pleased, and there could be no after inquiry, nor after denials, such as " all landladies" make under the circumstances. It is obvious, if only from that fact alone, namely, the arrange ment as to lodging made by Mrs. Teresa Yelverton that she did not expect tho misfortunes which have overtaken her " like a summer cloud" when she first went, glad and hopeful, to meet Major Yelverton in Scotland. "Sei la ben venuta !" says he, in the odd, ungrammatical Italian which both parties oc casionally employ in their love-letters. " I did write her a small sentence in Italian to that effect," says Major Yelverton in his former examination. The smallness of the sentence appears to him a point for consideration. Like the maiden lady who was accused of having twins, and was defended on the plea that she had had but one, and that a very puny one,—the Major thinks too much stress should not be laid on a welcome so briefly ex pressed. "A small sentence in Italian !" Contra dicting, it is true, all his assertions that his "Pur suer" found out his address without his knowledge, and came without his knowledge, and came without his sanction ; but so short, so insignificant, such a nothing of a sentence to build a foundation upon! Still the briefest and simplest sentences have a meaning, and the deuce of it is, that by no possible intepretation can " Welcome r be made to mean "Keep off!" THE " READER" ON THE UNPOPULARITY OF GREAT BRITAIN ABROAD.—Great Britain, it seems, is at this moment extremely unpopular with all the rest of the world. By some of the great Powers she is absolutely detested, others are unusually cold in their estimates of her, and the one or two that are still kindly to her as a nation are sad on account of her present statesmanship. Such at least is the re port from all quarters, and there seem to be corro borations of its truth. Neither of the two Powers now at war with each other in America is satisfied with the conduct of Great Britain in reference to their struggle, and the feeling of the Federels to wards her is one of actual bitterness. On the Con tinent, for some time past, but more especially since the war between the Germans and the Danes began, there has been a universal pointing of fingers, with hisses or other unflattering expressions, towards our tight little island. We have been snubbed by Russia for our officiousness in the matter of Poland, without any compensation in the way of respect or gratitude from the Poles. In France the selfishness and insular narrowmindnees ofil Britain are at pre sent the favourite themes of journalists. As to Ger. many—why there, it is said, we are in such dis favour on account of our behaviour in the Schleswig Holstein business that English tourists are every where, throughout the German States, received with the cold shoulder, and are even in risk of insult. The statement has been contradicted, but it has been made and repeated so strongly that it is impossible to suppose it wholly false. And thee, in pour little Denmark, where they do love us for the sympathy so generally shown among us for their cause, they are sorely disappointed that our sym pathy has been so barren of aught save words. In short, if there never has been a time when Britain was generally popular with other nations, she seems at present to be exceptionally unpopular all round. THE "LONDON REVIEW" ON METROPOLITAN HORSE-COPERS.—Aniongs the mysteries of horse flesh is the noble science of coping, and its practi tioners the horseecopers. These individuals prac tise fraud as a trade, and in order to do so they are obliged to pass through an apprenticeship as severe as that undergone by Fagan's school of young pick pockets. Your accomplished horseecoper must possess a shrewd knowledge of men to begin with, and secondly he must know horse flesh well, espee cially that portion of it in which ho deals—the genus screw. He must be to his charges what Madame Rachel is to her old dowagers—able to restore them to youth and make them "beautiful for ever," or at least for the half hour during which it is necessary the screw should put in a good ap pearance before his purchaser. The horses upon which copers operate are generally nags, such as hunters, roadsters, and carriage horses. They are known under certain slang names, such as " the Adam," an aged horse; " the strong wid" one with broken the " pipe r ," htly one sli affected in his s wind wind ; wind; the " knock g ," a lame horse• the "bobby," a chinked backed horse. These animals are generally showy-looking creatures, being selected for their handsome appearance and sprightly looks by the toper, just as a bright palmer fly is se , lected for trout fishing, and many of these horses remain the stock in trade of the same copers for years, as they generally contrive to repurchase them of their dupes, by the aid of confederates, a few days after the sale, for the mere value of the hides and hoofs. The getting-up of these old screws is the first care of the ooper when they come into his hands. "The Adam," for instance, has to be re juvenated, and in order to accomplish this he has to undergo three processes—bishoping, gypping, and puflsing his glims. The first is the method of imitat ing the mouth-marks of a young horse, so called RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. The adjourned Wharncliffe, meeting of this company was held on Saturday, at the Euston station ; Mr. R. Moon, the chairman, presided. Mr E. STEWART, the secretary, having read the notice of adjournment, The CHAIRMAN moved a formal resolution approving a bill for conferring additional powers on the London and North-Western Railway Company for the construction of works, and otherwise in relation to their own undertaking, and the undertakings of other companies, for authorising the abandonment of certain railways and for other pure poses. Mr BROWN-WESTHEAD, M.P., Eecondcd the motion, and was carr'ed unanimously. On the motion of tho CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr BROWN-WESTILE.ID, the following bills were unanimously approved :—A bill for the construction of railways in the county of Lancaster, to be called " The Lancashire Union Railways" and for other purposes; a bill for vesting the undertaking of the St. Helen's Canal and railway Company in the London and North-Western Railway Company; a bill for authorising a lease of a portion of the undertaking of the Company of Proprietors of the Lancaster Canal Naviga tion to the Company of Proprietors of the Canal Navigation from Leeds to Liverpool, and of the remainder thereof to the London and North - Western Railway Company and for other purposes; a bill to authorise the construction of rail ways or tramways from the town of Holywell to Greenfield, in the county of Flint, and to the Hollywell station of the Chester and Hollyhead railway, and for other purposes; and a bill for conferring further powers on the Great Western Railway Company for the construction of works and the acquisition of lands, and otherwise in relation to their own undertaking, and the undertakings of other com panies and persons, and for other purposes. The meeting was then adj..urned to Wednesday, the 29th inst., at noon, when it was hoped the business of the Wharn. cliff° meetings would be included. It appears that the directors of this company had resolved to allot to their proprietors rateably, at par, additional ordi nary stock to the amount of about £1,300,000, equivalent to about 5 per cent. on the ordinary capital. The allotments will be made to the proprietors registered on the 18th inst. in the form of ordinary stock, to be fully paid up on Aug. 1 next, but carrying ordinary dividend from July 1, 1861. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held on Saturday, at Manchester; Mr G. A. Wilson in the chair. no object of the meeting was to approve the Blackburn, Chorley, Horwich, and Wigan Railway Bill now before Parliament. The heads of the bill, read by Mr Grundy, solicitor to the company, showed that the line would cost £210,000. The CHAIRHAN, in moving the approval of the bill, said that after a very long contest in Parliament the directors had succeeded in obtaining the line from Blackburn to Chor ley, and through Hird Hindley to llorwich. Their oppo. nents—the Lancashire Union Company—had had powers given them to be joint owners of the line to Blackburn, while the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company might join them in a line from Standish to Adlington. Substantially the Lon don and North Western Company would bring through this line at Blackburn, and of course this decision was very un satisfactory to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Board, wh o were now in communication with the London and North 1 Western Compa n y t o ascer t a i n if mor e sati , factory arrange ments could be ma d e . Th e i r opponen ts could not be said t o lines —first veryu ß .e l l a l c i k n bu t r h n is tcooenhteosly 9 miles, Cho r l ey tof o r they had promot e d Standish GI miles, Standish to Hindley 31, miles, Hindley to St. Helen's 8 m il es , a br anc h line near Adlington 1 mile, a branch at Sc. Helen's 1 mile, making a total of nearly 30 miles. But they had only succeeded in obtaining 8 miles in theirintegrity, and j o i n tly w ith the Lancashire and York shire Company 10 mil es; w hile the line h a d been shortened from St. Helen's to the junction of the London and North- Western Railway at Hilsbury. The resolution having been seconded by Mr. DUGDEN, was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said they had running powers given them to St. Helen's with the use of the stations and branches, and those powers improved their position considerably, the London and North-Western becoming the lessees of the line. The proceedings then terminated. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. The adjourned 1V harncliffa ni3eting of this company was held at the London Tavern on Saturday; Mr Brodrick in the chair. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, formal resolutions ap proving the following hills were unanimously adopted :—A bill to authorise the construction of railways from the Sil verdale and Newcastle Railway, at Wolatanton, to the old Manor-house at Madely, and thence to the Nantwich and Market Drayton and London and North-Western Railways and for other purposes—a bill to authorise the construction of several railways and a canal, chiefly in the parishes of Wolstauton and Andley, by the North Staffordshire Rail way Company, and to confer other powers upon such com pany and various ether companies and the Duke of Bridge. water's trustees—a bill for making a railway from the Pot teries line of the North Staffordshire Railway to near Tun stall, in the parish of Wolaston, in the county of Stafford, and for other purposes—and a bill for incorporating a com pany and for making and maintaining the Macclesfield, Col lington, and Marple Railway, and for other purposes. GLASGOW AND SOUTH WESTERN. A Wbarncliffe meeting of this company was held at Glas- after the name of the original rogue who put it i -a. All old horses have their incisor teeth l'ngth, and they always slant out at to d - ith this mark I pra OT an immense o away w most acute angle ; 'lwn to about the ordinar antiquity tho 7 are filed u. - 'he dark marks wh it length of a five-year-old, anti in young hors e are always present in theses teeth the • a id of are made with a red hot iron, and, as t graving tool, mouth-marks are engraved , are imitate nature. The few grey hairs whinb , , scattered about the animal are all reduc ed to tti. general colour by means of a paste corresponding 15, ;s that tint with that of the natural coat , a Prom termed gypping. Finally, those deep indentation,e which appear over the eyes of all ancient ani°36l nt are, obliterated by pricking the skin in differe places, and blowing air into the cavity underneathe The holes immediately close, and a smooth brow 1 obtained, which is not easily detected. The t aake-up ,s is just as' effective, and perhaps more 80, to men', novices in horse flesh, than is that of the toilet a: many passe ladies who manage to make a goO market in the world. " The Knock," or lame b°r se ' an incurable screw, afflicted with disease of the navicular joint, or shoulder lameness, neither ,e t _ which make any outward show, is a great favourilo. for horse-coping purp oses , as h e is often a fine l°°k ing animal. The manner in which the lameness , disguised is to take off the shoe from the place a pebble or horse bean between it and t d ,,, sole of the foot, and nail it on again. A corresPoub ing lameness is thus produced in both feet, and this means the original defect is masked. It mss be le ri seem strange that a double lameness should apparent than single lameness, but we are so g ive t to judge simply by comparison, that uniform' I baffles us, or, at least, it generally does those in h el i ; perienced persons who are fond of relying upon t ",. e py own judgment, and consequently fall an easy sound foobto to this class of swindlers. When a man knows ° l3 ,h a little of horseflesh, it is remarkable how pos't' n ' he is, and how proud of relying upon his own 11 03 "; aided judgment in making his purchases. T his toper knows full well, and takes advantage ° ; h l f r "The Bobby," or chinked-backed horse, is en ° , - t o favourite flat-catcher. To all appearance, eq" n d the most experienced eye, he is perfectly soutlna-•s goes with splendid action, and it is only . vfne n be i d or by pinching detee te 4 mounted that the weak place in his spine is with the fingers and thumb carefully down the vertebra. COUNTRY NEARR'ETS. YORK—SATURDAY. t ta' There was but a limit e d supply of wheat at rusr-e.tu ~ a day, and prices being th e t urn i n f avour o f se llers, ici a d y, healthy trade. V er y littl e b ar l e y s h own , b u t trade ar d pe t and last week's rates m a i n t a i ne d. O a t s h ea lthy, at ~u s t• qr more money. Be ans scarce , ard a lair amount of v ness was done at prices in favour of the seller. 0 2 °' Wheat, red 37 s t o 39 s Oats. •.. l Bs 34; White do .408 to 44s Beans *** 3 2. to ''....--sßarley .25s to 28s Peas ....' to ‘2.7 Malt, 58s to 60s per qr. ; rye, 28s per qr ; flo ur ' to_29s.per sack. GRANTHAM—SATURDAY. 26S e t• ; Old white wheat,',4ls to 45s ; red, 38s to 41s per t y new white, 42sto 4s ; red, 39s to 41s. Malting u a i s t; 33s to 36s per qr ; grinding, 28s to 30s ; oath, old, 265; new, 20s to 245; beans, 35s to 38s ; peas, 348 to 364' LE I CE STER—SATURDAY. A t le A moderate show of wh ea t, an d a f a i r b us i ness dove -d per qr over late rates. Barley came to hand sparingib. - e o, met a moderate demand at little or no alteration in 1 31 : 1- 36 —New white wheat, 41s to 45s ; red, 38s to 41 5 stone. Old red, 38s to 42 s p er 36 s t one. Barley, I ,r: a t lt ' s, new, 32s to 36s per qr.; grinding, 27s to 29s ; n'" 26s to 30s; new oa t s , 20 s t o 24 s per 24 s t one . Be' l.l 0 . old, 40s to• 42s per 38 stone ; fl our , 25 s t o 30 s per 20 ston NORWICH—SATURDAY. a s Of There was not so liber a l a su pply o f w h ea t to -day pricer late, and the farme rs no t b e i ng rea d y se ll ers, th e fullaPcl of Saturday wer e ma i n t a i ne d , an d i n some i nstance s u p he qr over. In oth er art i c l es an i nactive trade, at a bou t rates of this day'se'nnight. White wheat. 42 s to 44 s R e d w h eat 38s 0 4 i OO to S: I Malting barley ...35 s t o 36s Chevalier barl Distilling d 0..... 29 s to 30s Oats. ey. .330 24s t° .2t) Flour, 25s Od to 26s Od per sack from the miller' NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. eatis tolerable show of w h ea t t o -d ay, w i t h a steady inclulr Is over late prices. Barley li m it e d i n su pply, with is io business, and last week's rates about supported. Oat: better demand, and late prices were supported. 136613 " d. good demand, at lull prices, but scarce. Peas uncbang,, e B ,. —White wheat, from 37s to 40s ; red wheat, 368 to 0 Barley—malting, 30s to 37s ; grinding, 27s to 295. O at '' old, at 24s to 30s Od ; new, 19s to 255. Beans sold at ou to 42s_per qr. ; new, 35s to 38s. DUBLIN—FRIDAY. No change in I r i s h gra i n o f any ki n d. F ore i gn Wh eat in improved demand at fully late rates. A fair inquiry fo r maize; value unchanged. Flour slow, but steady. Flour, fine, 27s to 295; super, 31s to 36s per 20 stone• s. d. s. d. s. d. 8. CI ,: Wheat, white 24 0 t o 26 6 0atmea1 ....... u 10 oto 13 Do., red 2l 6t024 0 Beans.. . —oto „° Do., new Barley - 0 Oats Do,, black — oto 0 Indian corn .. 27 oto2S 0 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. June 1 8 . via Marseilles J u ly 14. .cirazil and Cape Vcrds, by British packet. July Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena June -=.'" China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton June 18. via Marseilles June 27' Falkland Islands ......... ' Gibraltar, via S ou th ampton June 18 e India (Calcutta), an d Ceylon, via Southampton.. un 0 15 vin Marseilles.... June 2 -4 7 Endia (Bombay), via Southampton 20. J via Marseilles Sane Portugal.... ... . June 15. Malta, Egypt, and Men, via Southampton Ju l e 5 ' via Marseilles June 22. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and Briti s h N. A mer i ca, b y Br i t. packet.... June e by U.S. packet.... _ 2 4, by Canadian packet.SW" All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 June 2 3 ' California. and British Columbia. DRAGONETTI AND HIS DOLLS.—Then Dragonetti in him what a strange being I shall have to descri be ;, he was a kind-hearted man, abounding with eccentricitiesi by nature a lover of th e fi ne ar t s ; an d on his i ns trumen t ' the double bass, perfection. The power and tones be pro duced from his unwieldy instrument were wonderful, and t° this he added great an d ra pid execut i on. The en d s of hi-- 4 fingers had become by practice broad, covered with corns, and almost without form. Take him out of his professi° l3 ( i he was a mere child, g i ven t o th e greatest frivolities. kie:lefi a single life, and occup i e d one l o d ging for years; Whiet lodging consisted of a bedroom, sitting-room, and a va call apartment,which contained his collection of paintings,eog r vings. and dolls.polls—do not start, read er , a s t ra nge weak ness for a man of genius to indulge in, but so it was' white dolls, brown dolls, dark dolls, and black, la r g e ' small, middling, and diminutive, formed an important fe e ; ture in his establishment. The large black doll he would can his wife, and she used to travel with him sometimes to the festivals. He and Lindley generally journeyed tog°. ther inside the coach, and when changing horses in som° little village, he would take this black doll and dance it at the window, to the infinite astonishment and amusement of the bystanders. Such was one of the strange eccentrici ties of this really: great!man.—.ll - enr,y Thillip's " _Recollec tions." [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's pills are the mos t gentle, yet most effective aperients, and therefore better calculated for a family medicine than any other drug. They always set the stomach right, rouse the liver, stimulate the kidneys, and thoroughly cleanse the whole system. Hollo way's pills are most useful in chronic weakness of the stomach induced by luxurious living, sedentary h a bit s , or other causes. They have restored the emaciated to health after every ether means had failed. Whi l e they are purify'ing they are strengthening, while re gu la ting they are in• creasing net vous and muscular power, These pills do not excite any violent action in the body—hen ce they are spe cially suited to the young and feeble, whose con s titutions may be irretrievably injured by more powerful medicines._ Births. ABERCROMBY.—On the 18th inst., at 5, Portman -square' the Hon. Lady Abercromby, of a daughter. AINSLIE.—On the 16th inst., at CorfeParsonage, Taun ter!, the wife of th e R ev. Alexander Colvin Ainslie, of a soh. HOLLAND. —On the 17th inst. at at 66, Porchester - ter race ' Hyde-park, th e w i fe of Wm.. J. Holland, of a daughte r ' SMITH. —On the 17th inst., at Hertford House, Kilburn'N.W„ th e w if e of Sydney Smith, jun., Esq., of a s on. Marriages. CHEROIS.—TENNA NT ..--O n the 16th inst,, at the parish church, Carnmo ne y, Nichol as D e l a Ch er ois, of 1 3 a william, in the county of Down, E sq .. J.P., late of r!"" . 7th Dragoon Guards, to Annie, sec on d daughter of . 1 ; James Tennant, of Bush-pa r k, i n th e coun ty of Antri ni J.P. and D.L. DENIiI7.—LIDINGTON.—On the 16th i ns t., at theparish church of Whitfield, Northamptonshire, Alf re d Denby , , of New Kent •road, London, t o Ante, second daughter 0 1 Stephen Lidington, Esq., of Whitfield. Deaths. CALLIS.—On the 15th inst., at Little Bowden, near :gar" ket Harborough, John Callis, Esq., aged 60. GURNEY•—On the 6th inst., at Cadiz, accidentally killed by a fall from his horse, Lieut. Charles Gurney, 7' ll RoyLl Fusiliers, second son of William Gurney, Esql aged 28. MOWBRAY.—On the 16th inst., at his residence, Gr3llge wiod House, Leicestershire, Captain Thomas blowbraY, R.N., aged 70. TANCRED•—On the 16th inst., at 13, Montague-stree t, Russell-square, the Dowager Lady Tancred. SMITH.-032 the 16th inst., John Hamlin Smith, Esq., of Brighton, aged 55. SWEETMAN.—On the 11th inst., at his residence, Daltons, St. Alban's, Samuel Bedlow Sweetman, Esq., a ged 75. London: Prinzed and I'vbilalied by WILLIAM AN I)";rS of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at InE SUN °face No. 112, Strand, af the Yreonet of the gavot', D the Cowl , v OI Alldflissox,—Monday, Tune 20,1884.